Vignole Rail

Rail Welding

Pandrol SA offers market-leading solutions for the aluminothermic welding of rail. This flat-bottomed, slim-webbed rail is commonly used on mainline, high speed, and heavy haul tracks around the world. Our rail welding processes equip the user to perform new welds as well as wide-gap and head-wash repairs.

The process involves casting molten steel (produced through the reaction of iron oxide and aluminium) at a temperature exceeding 3,500˚F (1,950 °C) into refractory moulds designed to the rail specification. We offer processes, portions, moulds, and crucibles designed to suit various global welding approaches.

Description

Our rail welding processes equip the user to perform new welds as well as wide-gap and head-wash repairs.

The process uses molten steel created through a chemical reaction between iron oxide and aluminium. This molten metal, reaching temperatures above 3,500°F (1,950°C), is poured into specially designed refractory moulds that match the required rail specifications.

We supply a range of processes, portions, moulds, and crucibles engineered to support different rail welding methods used around the world.